Shooting at high school in Kentucky, two dead

A fatal school shooting occurred at Marshall County High School on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in Benton, Ky. Two students were killed and 17 others were injured. Police said a suspect was apprehended and the school was locked down.

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A fatal school shooting occurred at Marshall County High School on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in Benton, Ky. Two students were killed and 17 others were injured. Police said a suspect was apprehended and the school was locked down.

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An Illinois man is accused of falsely claiming responsibility for the shooting Tuesday at Marshall County High School and threatening a Paducah teenager, according to police.

Officers were called to Paducah Tilghman High School Tuesday morning after a 17-year-old girl said an acquaintance of hers told her he’d been responsible for the shooting in Marshall County and that she was next, according to police. Investigators say it was determined that Day was not connected to the shooting, which killed two students and injured more than a dozen others.

Day is being held in Illinois until he can be extradited to Kentucky, according to police.